ycmd, Go, Ruby, evil-lisp-state, yasnippet, fixes and tweaks

• New contrib layer ymcd (thanks to trishume)
• Add go-oracle and go-autocomplete to the go layer (thanks to funnnny)
• Add support for rbenv and rvm to the ruby layer. See documentation for more info (thanks to bru)
• Rework evil-lisp-state, it is now fully integrated into spacemacs using the SPC m key binding convention for major-mode commands. See documentation for more info.
• Add yasnippet source to auto-complete (thanks to kallelindqvist)
• New key binding SPC f o to open the current file with the default external program associated to it (thanks to danielwuz)
• Fix git-gutter-fringe and linum

Go, Puppet, mode-line, git-gutter, fixes and tweaks

• New contrib layer go (thanks to rphillips)
• New contrib layer puppet added by a Puppet Labs engineer, classy! (thanks to hunner)
• New variable for the git layer: git-gutter-use-fringe which is t by default. See documentation (thanks to CestDiego)
• Fix lazy activation of package dependencies preventing successful byte-compilation of some packages.
• The left and right parts of the mode-line are now computed in two separate functions: spacemacs/mode-line-prepare-left and spacemacs/mode-line-prepare-right. It is now possible to add your own elements by advising these functions (thanks to roman)
• Ido key bindings fixes: C-x is now on C-o to visit a file in other window. Add M-RET to be able to open in dired in a terminal (thanks to danielwuz)
• Disable persp-cycle-(next/prev) functions for perspective layer. These functions are not working with the last version of perspective (thanks to CestDiego)

New version notification, zoom-frm

• Reimplement the version checking, now only git is used (previously it was done with the Github API) which allows to detect the new versions without being authenticated.
• Move zoom-frm to extensions to fix error during autoloads generation.

Mode-line indicator for updates, better terminal support, tweaks

• New indicator in mode-line for available spacemacs update, see readme
• Emacs builds with no graphical support are now supported (thanks to roman for the tests)
• Hide hs lighter
• Disable vi-tilde-fringe in NeoTree buffer

Faster Boot, Better Cygwin support, Fixes

• Lazy activation of packages which can lead to a faster boot time, around 0.5sec can be expected.
• Fixes unicode characters issue with Cygwin emacs-w32 package.
• Fixes a glitch in terminal with fast navigation keys H and L
• Add a FAQ about unsafe server directory on Windows

Fixes

• Fix behavior of git-magit-status-fullscreen when its value is nil
• Enable hs-minor-mode for prog-modes to fix #379

fasd integration, tweaks and fixes

• New contrib layer fasd which integrates the command line tool fasd on SPC f z (thanks to mijoharas)
• New variable for git layer: git-magit-status-fullscreen to choose wether the magit status buffer should be displayed in fullscreen or not. Default value is nil. See documentation for more info.
• Various improvements to scala layer: ensime tweaks, auto-completion on . (dot), etc... (thanks to chrisbarrett)
• Use MELPA packages for evil-tutor and neotree (which brings cool icons for NeoTree !)
• Fix custom evil text objects and add new ones (* and /) (thanks to ralesi)
• Fix evil-visualstar
• evil-visualstar support for evil-search-highlight-persist (will be available later on MELPA)
• Better resolution of user home location (thanks to mkcode)
• Move SPC b d (delete buffer and file) to SPC f d to be more accurate with Emacs terminology.

Evil-tutor update

Now use the MELPA package of evil-tutor and switch to version 1.0.
It is now possible to finish the tutorial.

Hotfix for broken compatibility with 24.3

Hotfix for File error: Cannot open load file, subr-x with emacs 24.3

Evil-tutor

Press SPC h T to start Evil-tutor a Vimtutor adapted for Evil.